Jazz

The Gunesh Ensemble was founded in 1970 in Ashkhabad, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, then part of the Soviet Union. They started out as a vocal group with supporting musicians from Turkmenistan State Radio and TV. Later several young musicians came...

The guitar/bass/drum trio Flatland found inspiration in the work of Charles Gayle, Sonny Sharrock & Albert Ayler. Most importantly, they stab at the seminal '70s free harmonic jazz of Keith Jarrett's Quartet and the collective Old and New Dreams Quartet,...

The Guardian has called Houston Person, ?an eloquent messenger from a jazz era rooted in traditional blues, black church music, Broadway love songs and the impersonation, by sax, of a singer's tone palette,? while Nate Chinen in the New York Times has...

The group, by the sound of the album, shares a vision of swing, taste and execution. This foursome reflects the true heart of West Coast jazz in the '90s: no nonsense, straight-ahead but not strait-laced and willing to revel in the mellowness that...

The group Three More Sounds pay tribute to legendary pianist McCoy Tyner on their new recording. The trio consists of bassist Henry Franklin, pianist Bill Heid, drummer Carl Burnett with special guest saxophonist Chuck Manning.

The group performs original music composed by and for the trio, bringing together three distinct musical voices on material that runs the gamut, from intense to sublime.1. A Sonic Handshake 2. The Monks of Oka 3. As She Wonders 4. Sophisticated Lady 5...

The Gritz Band is more of an eclectic super-group than your average hip-hop band. Known by some as Erykah Badu's band. Founded by band leader RC WIlliams in 2004, the group is made up of a diverse mix of musicians from across Texas and whose repertoire...

The Greg Foat Group are currently the resident band at the Playboy Club, located in Mayfair, London. Earlier in 2014, a couple of nights were recorded for Jazzman, and the results are here for all to enjoy. Recorded live and direct onto 1" analog tape,...

The greatest popular pianist of the 20th century, Erroll Garner created a piano style which was entirely and exclusively his own. Part stride and part swing, Erroll's style came into prominence in the mid to late 1940's and proved that a jazz musician...

The greatest collaborations are often built upon two unique and different personalities combining to create something beyond their individual realms. Thus is the case with the new "Kreisberg Meets Veras" project, which promises to be one of the most...

The great Texas tenor delivers the goods on this 1978 quartet session featuring the same rhythm section of Wray Downes (piano), Dave Young (bass) and Pete Magadini (drums) that played with Don Menza on the reissue of Bones Blues (SAC 4004). Tate's first...

The great Terrell Stafford joins Wofford and Hofmann on this delightful excursion through Wofford's brilliant arrangements of Esperanca by Vince Mendoza, Karita by Bobby Watson, Soul Street by Jimmy Forrest, Pure Imagination by Anthony Newley and Leslie...